Read about the latest human origins discoveries, Leakey Foundation-supported research, and news from the field.
Emergency funding from The Leakey Foundation helps one of the world’s longest-running orangutan research sites
Primate Research Fund
Without emergency funding, one of the longest-running studies of wild orangutans faced an uncertain future. The Leakey Foundation stepped in with an emergency grant through its Primate Research Fund.
2025 Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship recipients
Field School Scholarship
The Joan Cogswell Donner Field School Scholarship helps students access hands-on training in paleoanthropology, archaeology, and primatology. In 2025, The Leakey Foundation awarded eight scholarships supporting 29 students at field schools across Africa and Europe.
Announcing the fall 2025 Baldwin Fellows
Baldwin Fellows
The Leakey Foundation is proud to introduce three returning Baldwin Fellowship recipients for our fall 2025 granting cycle.
Stephen Magohe awarded Francis H. Brown African Scholarship
Francis H. Brown African Scholarship | Grants
Stephen Magohe, a geologist and assistant lecturer at the University of Dar es Salaam, has received a second year of support through the Francis H. Brown African Scholarship.
Introducing the fall 2025 Leakey Foundation research grant recipients
Grants
Meet the 30 scientists who received Fall 2025 research grants from The Leakey Foundation to study human origins, evolution, behavior, and survival.
Risks young chimps take as they swing through the trees underscore role of protective parenting in humans
Primates
A new study of wild chimpanzees reveals that young chimps are the biggest daredevils, challenging what we think about risk-taking in human adolescence.
Life in fossil bones: what we can learn from tiny traces of ancient blood chemicals
Human Origins
A new way of analyzing fossils might one day make it possible to describe past habitats as precisely as we can describe modern ones.
Humanity’s oldest known cave art has been discovered in Sulawesi
Archaeology
New research reveals people living in what is now eastern Indonesia were producing rock art significantly earlier than previously demonstrated.
La Creación de un Campamento de Investigación
Education | From the Field
El Proyecto Mirikiná es un proyecto de campo de varias décadas enfocado en los monos mirikinás (Aotus azarae) en las selvas de Formosa, Argentina. Ahora puedes explorarlo en Minecraft.
Crafting a field site: Explore a research site in Minecraft
Education | From the Field
Have you ever wondered what it’s like at a primate field research site? Now you can explore one in Minecraft!